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  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... , couldn't really offer anything significant over the cheaper alternatives, and ...
    Matt_B Matt_B August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... sizeable user base that allowed significant software development to occur and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Free music!!!Keep an eye on [url]http://spiralfrog.com/[/url] They have the backing of Universal Music and they have allowed their entire back catalogue to be do…

    Rumours abound that the DRM used is defined so that the music files "expire" (read: turn unplayable) after six months.

    Of course, it's only a matter of time someone figures out a way of removing the DRM...
    NickH NickH August 2006 Chit chat
  • Speccy character set address in ROM?Hi guys Can anyone tell me where the speccy character set lives in speccy rom, say, starting from the ! (ASCII 33) character? I'm actually writing …

    ... the uppercase letters and the figures narrower and at the same ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan September 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... . It was because of the significant interest in the ZX81 that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…

    Which platform are you talking about? A significant proportion of the handheld emulators don't support .tzx.
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2006 Games
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... page flipping which had a significant effect on many 128K only ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... power supply (in fact a significant number of faults with the ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... power supply (in fact a significant number of faults with the ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... 68xx and z80 went into significant numbers in embedded applications, the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... the savings there may be significant)
    AndyC AndyC September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…

    ... a substantial amount for no significant gain since few adults can ... it appears to form a significant part of the signal.
    Laser Laser September 2006 Emulators
  • First To Join WoS?I just decided to see who was the first to join the forum. After sorting by join date, the answer appeared to be Anonymous, who registered on 11th Ma…

    ... is a DoB or something significant like that, then it's ...
    guesser guesser September 2006 Chit chat
  • Using a +3 power supply to power a CPC.Hi there, I'm going to try and power a CPC6128 using a +3 power supply. The +3 supplies 12V DC 0.2A and 5V DC 2A, the CPC6128 needs 12V DC 0.4A and …

    ... of where you got your figures.

    You found 2 ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2006 Hardware
  • Richard Hammond - Seriously IllRichard Hammond was filming for the latest series of Top Gear. He was driving a rocket powered car when it left the track and if flipped over. :eek:…

    [QUOTE=Scottie_uk]not sure how much though :eek:[/QUOTE]

    Significant, acording to [URL=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13543385,00.html]Sky[/URL].

    The BBC is also reporting the same:(.
    TriadDevelopments TriadDevelopments September 2006 Chit chat
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... J. Barnes are very influential figures in the world of introductory ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... Optimized Systems Software offered a significant speed boost for people that ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…

    ... numbers rounded off to whole figures are just as good.[/FONT ...
    CP/M User CP/M User September 2006 Development
  • Which would be fasterSay you want to use a variable value of 0 to 255 in a BASIC program, which way would be fastest? Say for arguments sake you wanted to use two variabl…

    ... numbers rounded off to whole figures are just as good.
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Development
  • Arrays in C and C++ from a Java Programmer.I have been looking arround the web and found many conflicting answers to this question so I thaught I'd ask you folkes. What is the C and C++ equal…

    ... to write some function which figures out the size.[/FONT]
    CP/M User CP/M User September 2006 Chit chat
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... . The keyboard alone was a significant improvement and, whilst not perfect ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • At Last!!!!!Beware, there is not too much sense in following text, this is nothing more, than I would like to let whole world know, that I got my childhood dream…

    ... thousands sold (no exact official figures are available though) and there ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2006 Hardware
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... anyone know the final sales figures for the Speccy?
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... anyone know the final sales figures for the Speccy?[/QUOTE]
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... resolution because it offered a significant increase in available colours, I ...
    AndyC AndyC October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... made me curious was sales figures I saw for the Apple ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…

    ... it to have made a significant impact.
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…

    ... it to have made a significant impact.[/QUOTE]

    The ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…

    ... the soviet union's population figures so that would have included ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…

    ... end did not exist in significant numbers. The reason why the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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